Nova Scotia the Truth is a London-born, Edinburgh-raised rapper, producer, dj and performer. She is the youngest artist to receive the Scottish Album of the Year Award. She has been featured in Clash Magazine, NME, Mixmag, The Guardian, The Scotsman and more. Her recently released EP, WWND? serves as a miniature concept album following her recent high-profile SAY Award win. Nova has rapidly risen to prominence as a versatile all-rounder, also channeling her creative energies into vivid visual accompaniments and even hand-crafting her own apparel.
Nova Scotia the Truth
All Sessions by Nova Scotia the Truth
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Day 2
16th October 2021
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19:00
Headliner: Big Saturday Night
19:00 - 22:00Four lyrically explosive performers of poetry will prove to you that poetry transcends categorisation, that hip hop is absolutely poetry, and Scottish hip hop is absolutely world-class. This promises to be a raucous, uplifting headline show featuring force of nature and much-acclaimed performer and poet Salena Godden, Scottish Album Of The Year winner, Nova, plus fellow Scottish rapper emcees Solareye / Dave Hook of Stanley Odd and the mighty Empress, whose debut album Love Wins has been winning over all who hear it. Expect upbeat rhythmic excitations, deft flow, sharp social observations and maybe even some dancing.
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Day 3
17th October 2021
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17:00
Reading and Discussion: Flip the Script - Women in Hip Hop
17:00 - 18:00UK hip hop has traditionally revolved around London, but there has been an undeniable recent boom in hip hop creativity and innovation across all the nations, especially Scotland. Some of the most exciting new projects are coming from women in the genre, who are rarely centred in the hip hop narrative. Writer and Editor Arusa Qureshi explores this in her new book Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop, published by 404 Ink. She is joined by three rising talents – Scotland's Nova (Scotia the Truth), Northern Ireland's Don Chi, and Bianca Ali from Cardiff collective Ladies of Rage – to discuss hip hop's spread, a non-London perspective, and the women making it happen.
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